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Using the Migrate module to handle big data imports

We recently migrated a large, popular radio site from a bespoke .NET application to Drupal. Migrating large amounts of content, users, tags, relationships and files is made easier with the migrate module. Here's how we did it.

Drupal Developer

An Introduction to Bean Module

Bean stands for Block Entities Aren’t Nodes and provides a new method of displaying content on a Drupal site. Still require some clarification as to what this module provides? I sure did when I first looked at Bean so I will take you through the basics of implementing your own module that takes advantage of Beans.

Nick SchuchOperations Lead

Scheduled Publishing with Workbench Moderation

Scheduler module allows content editors to specify times for content to be published and/or unpublished. However it is not compatible with Workbench Moderation module, which allows content to have states like “draft” and “needs review” rather than just “published” or not.

Scheduler Workbench is a new module that integrates Workbench Moderation and Scheduler modules, so that content can be configured to become published or unpublished and be assigned a new moderation state at a date and time specified by the content editor.

Drupal Developer

PreviousNext helps bring DrupalCon to Sydney

As Gold sponsors and local organising team members, PreviousNext is excited about this global Drupal event coming to Australia.

Owen LansburyCo-Founder & Chair

Drupal in Canberra gets a boost

Lead Consultant Christopher Skene joins PreviousNext to drive the adoption of Drupal in the Australian government.

Owen LansburyCo-Founder & Chair

Drupal Association's first Supporting Partner in AU/NZ

PreviousNext has joined the world’s leading Drupal consulting, design and development firms in becoming a Supporting Partner of the Drupal Association.

Owen LansburyCo-Founder & Chair

Simple and Powerful Drupal Site Deployment with Capistrano

PreviousNext Technical Director, Kim Pepper explains how to effectively manage site deployment and take control of your releases using Capistrano.

Kim PepperCo-Founder & Tech Director

Media Savvy - Adding Media to your Drupal Site

The media module is described as 'a file browser for the web' and promises a much more unified and usable experience when dealing with files on your site. But it isn't without its problems.

Drupal Consultant, Developer & Trainer

Building Sites & Systems - Aegir: Skynet for Drupal

Aegir is a hosting system for managing rapid, automated provisioning and ongoing maintenance (upgrades, cloning, destroying) of Drupal sites. Aegir itself is made of Drupal - it consists of a Drupal frontend 'control panel' and a ‘backend’, which makes extensive use of Drush.

Dev Ops